Italian Land Artist Creates ‘World’s Largest’ Picasso Portrait
Picasso’s legacy looms large over the art world ever since the world first saw his Cubist masterpiece Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Now, thanks to Italian land artist...
Conceptual Artist Adrian Piper Ends Relationship with LGDR, a Power Player in the Art Market
Adrian Piper, a famed artist and philosopher known for her performances, writings, and conceptual artworks dealing with racism and rationality, has publicly severed ties with...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Gifts of Art from Billionaire Harlan Crow
In a damning investigation by ProPublica, journalists uncovered a string of undisclosed gifts that flowed from Republican mega donor and real estate mogul Harlan Crow...
Arthur Jafa Plans Glenstone Installation, M+ to Give 10,000 Kusama Tix to Students, and Owen Wilson Talks Art, and More: Morning Links for April 10, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines LEGAL AFFAIRS. In a headline-grabbing story last week, ProPublica reported that Supreme Court Justice Clarence...
Love Thy Selfie: Contestants on MTV and the Hirshhorn’s Artist Competition TV Series Create Self-Portraits and Compete at the Museum’s Ball
(Spoiler alert: This article contains information and plot points from the sixth episode of The Exhibit, a docuseries created by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and MTV.)...
2023 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Artists Kapwani Kiwanga, Martine Syms, Pamela Council, and More
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced this week the 171 scholars and artists who were awarded its acclaimed 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships. This year’s class includes some...
Museum Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Native American Artifacts from Collection
A worker at the Museum of the Plains Indian on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana was sentenced for stealing a cache of cultural artifacts...
Far-Right Mayor of Lima Closes Museum Dedicated to Tolerance and Memories, Triggering Protests
The ultra-conservative mayor of Lima has closed a museum dedicated to tolerance amid an ideological struggle over how to remember Peru’s violent history. The...
In Netflix’s ‘Beef,’ the Art World Is a Battleground Riven by Class Disparities
On the propulsive new Netflix series Beef, an incident of mutual road rage sets off a rivalry between an economically embattled contractor and a well-to-do...
Picasso Gets Reassessed by Artists, Whistler’s Mother Returns to Philadelphia, and More: Morning Links from April 7, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PICASSO MANIA. It’s the half-centenary of Pablo Picasso’s death, and that means many...
UNESCO Director Pledges $10 M. Toward Rebuilding Ukraine’s Devastated Culture Sector
The director general of UNESCO has pledged more than $10 million towards efforts to rebuild Ukraine’s devastated arts landscape after a tour of the embattled...
Cryptic Mosaics Depicting Medusa Discovered in Ancient Roman Villa
Archaeologists excavating an ancient villa once used by the Antonian emperors of Rome uncovered two mosaics that feature one of the most infamous characters in Greek mythology,...
Documentary in Production About Pop Art Sensation Romero Britto, ‘the Most Collected and Licensed Artist in History’
EXCLUSIVE: Muse Storytelling is in production on a documentary about Romero Britto, one of the most popular artists in the world and the founder of the Happy Art...
Hammershøi Painting to Be Sold at Sotheby’s Has Highest-Ever Estimate for Artist
A painting by Vilhelm Hammershøi is headed to auction at a Sotheby’s modern art evening sale in New York this May with the highest-ever estimate...